 After returning to England in 1868, the regiment returned to South Africa in 1878 in time to take part in the Anglo-Zulu War.Assigned to Lord Chelmsford's column, they marched to the relief of British forces under Colonel Charles Pearson besieged by the Zulu impis.At the Battle of Gingindlovu, the 99th helped defeat a Zulu impi that tried to overrun the British while laagered.